This mtDNA test that I had done shows ONLY my maternal
route back
to Tara one of the 7 daughters of Eve in Africa. This test
result
only applies to you if you are the son or daughter of a woman that
descends maternally from a female Blaies / Blaes or
Bender.

At the end of this site is the info on the mtDNA test that I had
done. It shows that I fall in the Tara group one of the 7
European daughters
of Eve. Any of us that descend maternally from a Blaies /
Blaes or
Bender would have the same genetic type and mutations. It does mean as
an
example that if your mother's maiden surname was Fries and your
grandmother's maiden surname was Blaies / Blaes then you also descend
from Tara via your maternal line. Even with the very confusing
previous sentence, you could have the same mtDNA if your maternal line
matches the example at
the end of this page. All this is much better explained at
http://www.duerinck.com/migrate.html

Dr. Wallace's mitochondrial DNA lineages are "haplogroups" but known
as "daughters of Eve," because all of the lineages are branches of the
trunk that stems from the mitochondrial Eve.

Dr. Wallace is now exploring the root of the mitochondrial tree. In
the March 2000 American Journal of Human Genetics, he and colleagues
identify the Vasikela Kung of the northwestern Kalahari desert in
southern Africa as the population that lies nearest to the root of the
human mtDNA tree. Another population that seems almost equally old is
that of the Biaka pygmies of Central Africa.

THE 7 EUROPEAN DAUGHTERS OF EVE

Prof. Sykes and Oxford University researchers in England have
identified seven ancestral matriarchal groups from which all Europeans
appear to be descended. Every European can trace his or her
evolutionary history back to the seven ancestral mother groups, also
referred to as the Seven European Daughters of Eve. Sykes et al
obtained buccal cells from 6,000 individuals and analyzed the samples
using the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. It is known that mtDNA
mutates at a very slow rate, such as 1 mutation in every 10,000
generations or 20,000 years. So they figured that the women would
have lived between 8,000 and 45,000 years ago. What is amazing is that
all
seven of the genetic groups appear to be descended from the Lara clan,
one
of three clans that still exist today in Africa. This is called the
African
Eve theory. It was proposed in the late 1980's by Allan Wilson, Mark
Stoneking
and others. The African Eve theory states that all humans share a
common
African ancestor. Migration routes of the 7 daughters are at this site:
http://www.oxfordancestors.com As of 2002, there are believed
to be 36 distinct genetic groups worldwide.

From Patrick Guinness, "In mtDNA, there are a maximum of 14
mutations between all humans (so far). From the middle of them, there
are 26 mutations between humans and neanderthals, and more when you
look at the great apes. The experts say that we and neanderthals had an
ancestor ~250,000 years ago."

The Seven European Daughters of Eve matriarchal groups correspond
to Dr. Wallace's lineages above, and were given names by Prof. Sykes:

Helena: (Greek for "light") This clan's descendants are the
most numerous in Europe, having started 20,000 years ago from a hunting
family in the Dordogne region of the ice-capped Pyrenees in southern
France. As the climate warmed, Helena's descendants trekked northward
to what is now England, some 12,000 years ago. Members of this group
are now present in all European countries.

Jasmine: (Persian for "flower") Her people had a relatively happy
life in Syria 10,000 years ago, where they farmed wheat and raised
domestic animals. Jasmine's descendants arrived in Europe too late to
experience
the hardships of the Ice Age. Her clan brought agriculture into Europe.

Katrine: (Greek for "pure") lived 15,000 years ago near Venice.
Her clan ventured north, but many are still to be found in the Alps.
The 5000 year old IceMan was one of her descendants. Today most of
Katrine's clan live in the Alps.

Tara: (Gaelic for "rock") This is our family line of
descent and holds for any male or female family member who descends maternally
from a female Blaies / Blaes or Bender. This
clan
settled in Tuscany in Northern Italy about 17,000 years ago when the
hills
were thick with forests. After the Ice Age, her clan moved into France
and
trekked across the dry land that was to become the English Channel into
Ireland.

Ursula: (Latin for "she-bear") lived about 45,000 years ago in
Northern Greece. She was slender and graceful and hunted with stone
tools. Her clan spread across Europe including Britain and France.

Valda: (Scandinavian for "ruler") Originally from the hills of
northern Spain, Valda and her immediate descendants lived 17,000 years
ago and shared the land with Ursula's clan. They spread out after the
Ice Age, some of her clan becoming the Saami or Lapps of northern
Finland and Norway.

Xenia: (Greek for "hospitable") lived 25,000 years ago on the
plains beneath the Caucasus Mountains on the eastern edge of the Black
Sea. As the Ice Age ended her clan spread to Europe and across Asia to
America. [As
Dr. Wallace discovered, the X pattern is a rare European lineage and is
also among the northern Native Americans such as the Ojibwa and Sioux.]

A great deal of work has been done on other parts of the world
in the past decade and it is very clear that there are plenty more
clans than just the 7 Daughters of Eve in Europe. The precise
definition of what makes a clan depends on having a very good sample of
different countries. The present
estimate is that there are at least 30 clans in the rest of the world
of
equivalent standing to the seven European clans. Fourteen of them in
are
found in Africa, six in Eastern Asia and four in native Americans. But
some
parts of the world have been only very sparsely studied so far and they
just don't know what to expect. For instance, it should't be a surprise
if they find several completely new clans among native Australians.

female in the Lara Clan of Africa

n number of female generations

Tara lived c. 15,000 BC around 17,000 years ago in Tuscany
of Northern Italy when the hills were thick with forest. After
the Ice Age her Clan moved into France and trekked across the dry land
that was to become the English Channel into Ireland.

n number of female generations

Anna Maria Metzger, 1723-->1753, born and died in Germany

Maria Elizabeth Metzger [Walter], 1753--1816, born and died in
Mühlhausen, Germany

Maria Zezilla Burkard, 1781--1834, born and died in
Mühlhausen, Germany

Maria Elizabeth Herrman, 1805--1870, born in Mühlhausen,
Germany, died in St. Clair Co, IL

Theresia Blaies, nee Bender, 1833--1898, born in Mühlhausen,
Germany, died in Belleville, IL

A daughter of Theresia, like Anne Katherine Fries, nee Blaies,
1879--1948, born in Mascoutah, IL

A son of Florence McTiernan, nee Fries like Michael McTienan,
1943--, born in St. Louis, MO

This example may better explain how the mtDNA travels down the line
of descent.

great grandmother

grandmother

mother

son or daughter has the same mtDNA as their mother

only sons and daughters of the daughter above have the
same mtDNA, sons and daughters of the son do not have the same
mtDNA as
their aunt. If you are a male Fries or Blaies / Blaes this test result,
i.e. Tara may not apply as you got your mtDNA from your mother.

The seven daughters of Eve's locations

My mtDNA test results and mutations for the low resolution test are
below.